Father testifies to fight with daughter's alleged attacker

Dad says daughter jumped gunman from behind.

It is clear from the evidence -- two 20-gauge shotgun holes in the wall of Donald M. Kloch Sr.'s Peach Bottom Township bedroom -- that something happened there.

The prosecution maintains it was a struggle over a shotgun after two men stopped an attempted rape on May 7, 2012.

The defense contends it was an assault on Kloch, 51, with the shotgun going off when he was hit in the head with the stock.

Testimony in day two of Kloch's attempted rape and attempted murder trial continued in York County court Wednesday.

There was little new information that had not already been raised in opening statements on Tuesday. But the defense continued to confront witnesses, including the alleged assault victim, her mother and father, with discrepancies between their previous statements and their trial testimony.

The alleged victim, now 20, returned to the stand Wednesday after more than three hours of cross-examination the day before.

According to the prosecution, Kloch was holding the woman accountable for the $900 he lost in a bogus drug deal, attempting to force himself on her.

The defense has countered that the woman was willingly in the house, trying to make cellphone contact with the purported drug dealer to get Kloch's money back.

Kacey Simon, 26, admitted he was the middleman in the drug deal that lost Kloch's money. He said the woman had called him about buying Percocet and that he had a contact in Maryland.

He said he, Kloch and the woman drove to Maryland where he took the money into a house and gave it to "Sandy." He said Sandy told him she had to go across the road to get the drugs.

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She never came back, Simon said.

Meanwhile, the woman, who was waiting in the car with Kloch, was texting him that Kloch was getting agitated and angry and was threatening him with physical harm.

"I took off," Simon said.

On cross-examination, Simon denied stealing Kloch's money and said Sandy had been a good source in the past.

The woman's father testified, that after locating his daughter's car at Kloch's house, he and a man named Ben walked in, called her name and heard her scream.

He said he broke through the bedroom door with his shoulder and was confronted with a double-barreled shotgun. He said he demanded that Kloch release his daughter and Kloch refused, telling the father he was dead.

The father said his daughter was behind Kloch and grabbed him around the neck, giving him a chance to push the shotgun barrel up.

He said Ben punched Kloch while they struggled over the shotgun. He said the shotgun went off twice and he took the gun and hit Kloch in the head with the stock.

He said he and Ben beat Kloch to the floor and then left with his daughter.

Kloch's trial resumes Thursday.

At a glance

The allegations: Donald M. Kloch, 51, of Peach Bottom Township, is charged with attempted rape on a woman in his home and attempted homicide for allegedly firing a shotgun in his bedroom while struggling with the woman, her father and another man on May 7, 2012.

The trial: Kloch's alleged victim, 20, her mother and father all testified Wednesday to the events that day. The defense continued to challenge witnesses' trial testimony against earlier statements they made.

What's next: The man who reportedly helped the woman's father stop the alleged rape is expected to testify Thursday.